Outdumb

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than. transitive

    "Borowitz grabs readers by the ear and walks them through the stages of ignorance, […] to celebration (starring Donald J. Trump and, as Borowitz puts it, “wannabes like Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis — who, despite being graduates of our nation’s finest universities, strenuously try to outdumb him).”"

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"Borowitz grabs readers by the ear and walks them through the stages of ignorance, […] to celebration (starring Donald J. Trump and, as Borowitz puts it, “wannabes like Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis — who, despite being graduates of our nation’s finest universities, strenuously try to outdumb him).”"

Etymology

From out- + dumb, by analogy with outsmart.

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